Graphite

[Scott Jackson]

Thanks Joe. We call it Winslip.
(from Fletcher and Newman 
http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/catalogue/piano_lubricants/index.html )
A "Dag" is something quite different here!
(please see http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/ozwords/Oct%202000/TailDag.html )

Scott Jackson
Mt Keira, NSW Australia


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: Graphite


>I thought that "Dag" was the gunky graphite grease?
>
> NOPE! DAG is Graphite suspended in Isopropyl Alcohol. (usually used on
> bridge tops or Jacks, etc.) This is an o.k. application IF the stuff is
> Burnished, so that no loose residue is left.  Graphite Grease was just
> that: Graphite mixed into Grease! Nasty stuff, IMO. As for using it on